Dhaka, Aug. 4 -- Workers at Boeing who manufacture fighter jets went on strike early Monday, walking out at midnight Central Daylight Time after rejecting a revised four-year labor agreement.

Approximately 3,200 employees at Boeing's plants in St. Louis and St. Charles, Missouri, and Mascoutah, Illinois, voted against the proposal, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) confirmed on Sunday.

The union announced the strike on X (formerly Twitter), stating: "3,200 highly-skilled IAM Union members at Boeing went on strike at midnight because enough is enough."

The decision comes a week after the workers also rejected an earlier offer from the aerospace manufacturer, which included a 20% pay hike over four y...